Here are a few examples of Art.Lebedev being Art.Lebedev. The Russian innovator behind the OLED screen-capped keyboards showed off its flagship product, the Optimus keyboard, "wearing" various games' and software skins at the flick of a switch. We find each game getting a unique key- and icon-map. Among the examples are Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Half Life 2, a flight-sim, and a generic MMO layout. In addition, the studio showed off Optimus wearing shortcut-key maps for various productivity software such as Final Cut Pro, and Avid.

Yes, we all know its an icon for the "jump" action, but these keys are specifically skinned for WOW, so where does Mario fit in the picture for that? Is there some kind of wow-fan inside joke goin on here?

Yes, we all know its an icon for the "jump" action, but these keys are specifically skinned for WOW, so where does Mario fit in the picture for that? Is there some kind of wow-fan inside joke goin on here?

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What else would you use for jump? I guess a pair of shoes with action lines or something, but that is pretty boring.

I remember about 60 years ago when they first announced this concept - it sounded fantastic and was accompanied by some incredible concept renderings.

But now 300 years later, after anyone who ever did care has had grandchildren and died, this revolting abortion barely warrants screen time, even if only to laugh at.

These guys need to just close shop. The full screen touch screen has already utterly slaughtered them - if they really must persist with this nonsense why not just release a tablet app that makes the screen LOOK like a keyboard full of graphic keys?

What else would you use for jump? I guess a pair of shoes with action lines or something, but that is pretty boring.

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I'm just saying if all the keys are wow themed then why not just an icon of a wow character leaping over a rock or something? Overall this board is a neat concept, but not practical enough. Seems to be marketed towards kids or maybe fanboys with extra cash to spend...